Today, conservation groups represented by Earthjustice and Ecojustice Canada submitted a petition to Interior Secretary Salazar asking him to report to President Obama that Canada’s destructive tar sands extraction undermines international efforts to protect endangered and threatened species. Continue reading Conservation groups say tar sands extraction violates international wildlife treaties
Considering our vast cultural and political differences, is it really possible to collectively solve the world’s social, economic and environmental problems? And more importantly, if so, how do we formalize our commitments to change without an overarching global government? The highly recommended Global Governance and the UN: An Unfinished Journey is a bold attempt to answer these questions by emphasizing the value of international co-ordination in tackling the most pressing and challenging issues of the 21st century. Click through for our full review… Continue reading Global Governance and the UN
Video clips of Bonnie Dawson, the Animal Alliance Environment Voters candidate in the N.W.T.’s Western Arctic riding discusses animal and environmental issues she feels are important in both the north and across Canada and a conversation with Eli Purchase: N.W.T. Green candidate Continue reading Watching: Animal Alliance Environment Voters party candidate – Bonnie Dawson
Video clips of Bonnie Dawson, the Animal Alliance Environment Voters candidate in the N.W.T.’s Western Arctic riding discusses animal and environmental issues she feels are important in both the north and across Canada and a conversation with Eli Purchase: N.W.T. Green candidate Continue reading Watching: Animal Alliance Environment Voters party candidate – Bonnie Dawson
Today the Conservation Voters of BC announced its endorsements for the upcoming May 2 federal election. Conservation Voters of BC has a proven track record of helping elect environmental champions across party lines. Continue reading Conservation Voters of BC announces federal endorsements
Food Forward asks Toronto candidates on behalf of its members, what will you as MP and your party do to increase access to healthy, sustainable food for all Torontonians? Continue reading Voting with our stomachs
Join charity lawyer Mark Blumberg as he discusses the “dos and don’ts” of charitable receipting (did you know that 89% of registered charities were found to be improperly issuing official donation receipts when audited by Canada Revenue Agency?). This is an interactive session, so you will have lots of opportunities to ask questions. Continue reading Free Charity Law Webinar: Receipting Practices and Legal Compliance for Environmental Charities
Ottawa – Lawyers from Lenczner Slaght LLP and the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic went before the Supreme Court of Canada to defend the academic authors and publisher of a book that documented the controversial activities of several high profile Canadian mining companies in Africa. Continue reading Ecojustice defends publisher against lawsuit from Canadian mining companies
It’s official — the government has fallen from power, clearing the way for a spring election. Continue reading Online reaction to the non-confidence vote from the CBC
Ottawa – Federal law must require assessment of worst-case scenarios such as nuclear meltdowns, offshore oil spills and tar-sands tailing dam breaches says Ecojustice, a Canadian not-for-profit environmental law group. Continue reading Weak assessment laws put Canada at risk: Ecojustice
Toronto – Leading conservation organizations are concerned that the McGuinty government has placed woodland caribou and its own North American-leading species legislation at risk by exempting a swath of industries from accountability under Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA). Continue reading Ontario fails to protect threatened caribou
Vancouver – Environmental groups vowed today to fight the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) appeal of a decisive and precedent-setting Federal Court ruling that declared that DFO must protect critical habitat of killer whales and other aquatic species. Continue reading DFO seeks to overturn court decision on species at risk
